NBPLAY [tm]	(DISTRIBUTABLE VERSION)

		  COPYRIGHT 1989 BY FORBEN SOFTWARE

			 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


	 NBPLAY actually plays multiple voices through your PC speaker.

	 NBPLAY plays music composed by the Note Baron music composer.

          
	

	 USING NBPLAY
	 ------------


	      NBPLAY comes with the following files :

			- here	       - Beatles song

			- minuet       - classical song

			- valse        - classical song

			- NBPLAY.EXE   - distributable digital player

			- nbplay.doc   - this file

			- demo.bat     - calls NBPLAY for here, minuet, valse


	 To hear an individual song type:

		   NBPLAY here

		   NBPLAY minuet

		   NBPLAY valse



	 - If you have an XT type machine, you are allowed to adjust
	   the speed from the command line.

	 Some XT machines (turbo, necv20) may have to use the sp command
	 to produce the correct speed.

	      EXAMPLE :     Music sounds too fast?

			use  NBPLAY sp8 minuet

			    to slow it down a little

						      (fast)  (slow)
	 The default value for XT's is 5.  The range is sp0 to sp30.


	 The sp command has no effect if you have an AT type computer.
	 Note Baron is processor speed independent on all AT type machines
	 and should run correctly at any processor speed.



	      All songs were composed with the Note Baron composer.

	 NOTE BARON is available as a demo.  Look for NOTE.ARC in IBMNEW

				  or see below

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			   NOTE BARON [tm]  (DEMO VERSION)

		  COPYRIGHT 1989 BY FORBEN SOFTWARE

			 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


	 Note Baron actually plays multiple voices through your PC speaker.

         Requires a CGA or EGA adapter.


	 USING NOTE BARON
	 ----------------

	      Note Baron starts off with a demonstration song.	One may
	 hit any key to stop the song.	This leaves one with a blinking
	 cursor in the upper left of the screen.

	 Move the cursor about with the following keys :

		 CURSOR   LEFT - RIGHT	 UP - DOWN

	 Place notes with the following keys :

		 F1 -  QUARTER	NOTE
		 F3 -	HALF	NOTE
		 F5 -	WHOLE	NOTE
		 F7 -  EIGHTH	NOTE
		 F9 - SIXTEENTH NOTE

	 Make existing notes into sharps or flats with the following keys :

		 F2 - SHARP
		 F4 - FLAT

	 Erase an individual note - cursor to the beginning of the note
	 and hit the following key :

		 F6 - ERASE NOTE

	 Erase all of the notes - hit the following key :

		 F8 - ERASE SCREEN

	 To hear the demonstration songs, hit the following key :

		 F10 - DEMO

	 To play one's composition, hit the  P  key.

	 To play a song backwards hit the  B  key.

	 To play any tune as a closed loop hit the  L  key.

	 PGUP and PGDOWN keys will access up to 10 bars.

	 The  +  and  -  keys will adjust speed.

	 The  S  key saves all the bars of your current song to a file
		 named	song .

	 The  R  key restores all the bars from a file named  song .

		 One may rename the file  song	to any other name and
		 include it in your programs with the distributable play
		 program  NBPLAY.EXE .

		   Example:
			     - save a song with the S key.

			     - exit Note Baron and rename your song.

				  type	 ren song newname

			     - play your song with the play program

				  type	 NBPLAY newname

		   One may shell to NBPLAY or call it from a batch file
		   without any video disruptions.

	 The  H  key will print a hardcopy of your song.

	 To exit the program, hit the  ESC  key.



	 - If you have an XT type machine, you are allowed to adjust
	   the speed from the command line.

	 Some XT machines (turbo, necv20) may have to use the sp command
	 to produce the correct speed.

	      EXAMPLE :     Music sounds too fast?

			use  Note sp8

			    to slow it down a little

						      (fast)  (slow)
	 The default value for XT's is 5.  The range is sp0 to sp30.


	 The sp command has no effect if you have an AT type computer.
	 Note Baron is processor speed independent on all AT type machines
	 and should run correctly at any processor speed.




    Note Baron - allows anyone to easily create music.	For printouts of
    notes, save/restore  song to disk, and a distributable player so you
    can include songs in your  own  programs, send a check or money order
    to Forben now!

    Requires a CGA or EGA adapter.


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